[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR9.6]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 9--SECURITY INFORMATION REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 9.6  Requirements for classification.

    With the exception of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, 
these regulations are the only basis for classifying information in the 
agencies named herein. To be eligible for classification, information 
must meet the two following requirements:
    (a) First, it must deal with one of the following criteria:
    (1) Military plans, weapons, or operations;
    (2) The vulnerabilities or capabilities of systems, installations, 
projects, or plans relating to the national security;
    (3) Foreign government information;
    (4) Intelligence activities (including special activities), or 
intelligence sources or methods;
    (5) Foreign relations or foreign activities of the United States;
    (6) Scientific, technological, or economic matters relating to the 
national security;
    (7) U.S. Government programs for safeguarding nuclear materials or 
facilities;
    (8) Cryptology;
    (9) Confidential sources; or
    (10) Other categories of information that are related to the 
national security and that require protection against unauthorized 
disclosure as determined by the President or by agency heads or other 
officials who have been delegated original classification authority by 
the President. In the Department of State, the DAS/CDC, as the senior 
official, shall recommend such other categories of information to the 
Secretary. Any determination made under this subsection shall be 
reported promptly to the Director of ISOO.
    (b) Second, an official with original classification authority must 
determine that the unauthorized disclosure of the information, either by 
itself or in the context of other information, reasonably could be 
expected to cause damage to the national security. Unauthorized 
disclosure of foreign government information, the identity of a 
confidential foreign source, or intelligence sources or methods is 
presumed to cause damage to the national security.
    (c) Certain information which would otherwise be unclassified may 
require classification when combined or associated with other classified 
or unclassified information. Classification on this basis shall be 
supported by a written explanation that, at a minimum, shall be 
maintained with the file or record copy of the information.